Avril Lavigne Goes Acoustic on New Album

07/29/2009

Avril Lavigne has made a career out of jumpy, raucous pop-punk anthems like "Sk8er Boi" and "Girlfriend." But on her upcoming fourth album, slated for November release, she will be taking a completely different approach to her music.

"A lot of the songs are mainly the acoustic and my vocal," Lavigne told Billboard.com. "It's a lot different from anything I've done before. It's not a pop-rock record. This is more about emotion and feeling."

Though the album still doesn't have a title, it does have a producer: Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, who also happens to be Lavigne's husband. Whibley handles production on eight of the record's planned 12 tracks, with the remainder of the album helmed by frequent collaborator Butch Walker (the former Marvelous 3 frontman who has co-written Lavigne hits like "My Happy Ending" and "When You're Gone").

"I'm kind of just keeping it in the family with all of my close friends," she said. "I didn't work with a ton of people this time."

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